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Why poor families have multiple children

Posted by Anonymous

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I recently read an explanation on why poor people have more children then the middle class. Tell me what you think.

The theory was that no matter how many children poor people have, they will always be poor. So it truly doesn't matter, because financially they will be in the same position they were before. For the middle class family to have multiple children, there's a good chance they will become poor so they tend to have the amount of children they can afford. Of course this is not true for all, but it is rather interesting

Have you ever watched the movie "Idiocracy"? It really explains the desire to procreate so well. :)

Quoting Anonymous:

I recently read an explanation on why poor people have more children then the middle class. Tell me what you think.

The theory was that no matter how many children poor people have, they will always be poor. So it truly doesn't matter, because financially they will be in the same position they were before. For the middle class family to have multiple children, there's a good chance they will become poor so they tend to have the amount of children they can afford. Of course this is not true for all, but it is rather interesting

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